Creator
Frank A. Miller
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
Riverside, Cal.,
Jan. 29, 1907.
My dear Mr. Muir:
I have long wished to see and know the man who wrote "Climb the mountains" and many other beautiful things. Now that I have the hotel concession for the Yosemite Valley I am anxious to have your ideas regarding the ideal hotel and the ideal location for this ideal spot.
We have lately built in Riverside a mountain road or, more properly, a foothill road. In my frequent walks and drives up the new road I always think of you and wish I could take you over it and give you the view of Riverside from the top. A tablet engraved with "Climb the mountains" is to be placed, with your permission, upon a boulder near the beginning of the ascent.
Cannot my wish to make your acquaintance, to take you over the road and show you Riverside and our mission hotel be gratified? Is it not possible for you to come and see us for as long a stay as suits your convenience?
Do you remember the Hardenburgh girls at the Wisconsin University? My wife was one of them and I was a Wisconsin boy. You are no stranger to us, may I hope that we shall not remain strangers to you.
Yours sincerely,
Frank A. Miller
Mr. John Muir,
San Francisco,
Cal.
03829
Location
Riverside, Calif.
Date Original
1907 Jan 29
Source
Original letter dimensions: 21.5 x 28 cm.
Recommended Citation
Miller, Frank A., "Letter from Frank A. Miller to John Muir, 1907 Jan 29." (1907). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 3644.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/3644
Resource Identifier
muir16_0609-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 16, Image 0609
Collection Identifier
Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
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Owning Institution
Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Pages
1 page
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
